Education & Community Engagement Manager

The GRAMMY Museum•New York, NY

22h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Education & Community Engagement Manager supports the development, implementation, and refinement of Grammy Museum Education & Community Engagement programs, with a focus on educator-facing initiatives, curriculum development, professional development, student recruitment, and regional program support. Based in New York City, the role helps expand the Museum’s East Coast education presence and supports programs primarily east of the Mississippi River, including Grammy in the Schools, professional development sessions, and seasonal Grammy Camp activities. The position provides curriculum expertise across programs to ensure consistency, continuity, and alignment with the Museum’s educational goals. It builds relationships with K–12 teachers, school partners, districts, and arts education organizations to support educator engagement, student recruitment, and professional development. The role also supports application and recruitment processes for student and educator programs, including outreach, application review, and participant communications. This is a hybrid position. Applicants must reside in the Tri-State Area to attend occasional programming and meetings in person. Travel is required for programs, conferences, partner meetings, Grammy Camp, Grammy in the Schools, and other education initiatives, including significant summer travel to support Grammy Camp.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required.
3–5+ years of experience in music education, arts education, curriculum development, professional development, or youth program implementation.
Strong understanding of secondary music education, music technology, ensemble instruction, career-connected learning, and/or music industry pathways.
Experience developing curriculum, lesson plans, educator resources, rubrics, or instructional materials.
Ability to build relationships and collaborate with educators, students, artists, K–12 schools, districts, partners, and internal teams.
Strong writing, facilitation, and presentation skills.
Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple programs and timelines.
Willingness and ability to travel, including significant summer travel to support Grammy Camp.
Applicants must reside in the Tri-State Area.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in music education, arts education, curriculum and instruction, education, music industry, or a related field.
Experience designing or facilitating professional development for educators.
Experience supporting student or educator recruitment and application review processes.

Responsibilities

Lead the planning, development, and facilitation of educator professional development programs, including virtual, in-person, district-based, and conference-based sessions.
Build and maintain relationships with K–12 teachers, school districts, arts coordinators, and education partners to support professional development, program participation, student recruitment, and educator engagement.
Identify and cultivate professional development opportunities with schools, districts, conferences, and partner organizations.
Collect and synthesize educator feedback to inform future professional development offerings, curriculum tools, and program improvements.
Provide curriculum expertise across Education programs to ensure consistency, continuity, and alignment with departmental learning goals while adapting to different student, teacher, and community contexts.
Develop and refine learning objectives, instructional materials, rubrics, classroom extensions, and program manuals.
Support program alignment with music education, arts education, career and technical education, college/career readiness, and workforce development frameworks where appropriate.
Collaborate with internal team members to connect curriculum and instructional design across Grammy Camp, Grammy in the Schools, Industry Sessions, professional development, and other education initiatives.
Support recruitment for student and educator programs through outreach to schools, teachers, districts, community partners, and professional networks.
Support application and review processes, including applicant outreach and communication, submission tracking, rubric development, review coordination, and documentation.
Help ensure recruitment and application processes are accessible, organized, aligned with program goals, and supportive of equitable access.
Work with the Coordinator and program leads to maintain accurate applicant records, support review timelines, and communicate next steps to applicants and participants.
Support planning and implementation of Grammy in the Schools programs, particularly on the East Coast and primarily east of the Mississippi River.
Assist with educator and school partner communication, program planning, instructional materials, and on-site implementation for Grammy in the Schools.
Support development of program resources that connect students’ music learning to industry pathways, creative careers, and transferable skills.
Support Grammy Camp planning and implementation, including curriculum alignment, faculty support, student learning outcomes, and summer travel for on-site program delivery.
Support faculty onboarding, curriculum implementation, instructional planning, and integration of curriculum benchmarks across the camp model.
Help ensure consistency across camp cities while supporting local adaptation based on partners, faculty, students, and facilities.
Work with the Vice President, Senior Director, Senior Manager, and Coordinator to support program strategy, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
Collaborate with Marketing, Communications, Advancement, Production, Guest Services, and Finance as needed.
Support public programs in New York as needed.
Represent the Education & Community Engagement team in meetings with schools, districts, partners, artists, faculty, and external stakeholders.
Travel for programs, conferences, partner meetings, Grammy Camp, Grammy in the Schools, and other education initiatives as needed.